Ben F. Dixon
Home Town: Asheboro, NC
General Orders No. No. 3, W.D., 1924
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Ben F. Dixon, Captain, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Vaux-Andigny, France, September 29, 1918. Captain Dixon was severely wounded during the early part of the operations against the Hindenburg line; his company having only one officer, he remained on duty. Shortly afterwards he received a second wound, and again refused to leave his men. When he saw that the front waves of his company were getting into barrage he at once went forward to stop them, and while doing so he was killed.
